The Azerbaijani-Turkish international search and rescue exercise ISIK-2016 started in Konya today.
The Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan said that to participate in the exercise three military transport helicopters Mi-17 and three armed helicopters Mi-35 of the Air Force of Azerbaijan arrived at the airbase in Konya. The exercises will finish on 30 June.
Since 2014 a joint Air Force exercise between the two countries Eagle / Falcon TurAz has been held twice a year. -16D-
Politics
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The Russian side is doing everything to deny its involvement in AZAL aircraft shooting down in Chechnya. The Russian media constantly circulate reports about a collision with birds and the explosion of a cylinder on board before the plane went down.
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A new U.S. assessment indicates that a Russian air defense system may have downed Azerbaijani passenger plane in Kazakhstan which killed at least 38 people on board, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports citing two American officials.
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A court in the Mangystau region of Kazakhstan has sentenced blogger Azamat Sarsenov to a 10-day detention for filming the crash site of an Embraer 190 passenger plane in Aktau. The ruling was confirmed by the court's press service, according to reports from RBC.
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The families of those killed in the crash of the AZAL passenger plane “Embrayer-190” will be paid compensation in the amount of 40 thousand manats (about 24 thousand dollars).
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